This may be a silly question, but in Backups, if i select Rclone for remote storage, then on a second device use the restore option, would i be able to sync /home across multiply devices similar to Syncthing, or are the backs up purely schedule based?
Hi @Dusty,
I think, note think now know those are purely schedule-based. The reason for my thinking is simple:
Backup tools, like rclone isn’t built to be used as synchronization tools. That’s what Syncthing is for. (Also, it’s kind of in the name.)
I use both rclone and Syncthing. Syncthing for sync between my computer and my tablet and rclone for daily cloud-based backups of my $HOME. OH! And then there’s also timeshift that I make system backups with every day as well as before every update.
What prevents you from using Synchting? After some struggle it works perfect for me on all of my devices in almost realtime.
Other than that tools like rsync or rclone require that you schedule it, otherwise the tools are doing nothing. I am using rsync to copy once a day my files (incremental) to a backup harddrive.
This solution works since > 2 years now.
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